Taber's Medical Dictionary
erythema
(er″ĭ-thē′mă)
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Reddening of the skin. Erythema is a common but nonspecific sign of skin irritation, injury, or inflammation. It is caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels in the skin.
erythematicerythematous (er″ĭ-thĕ-mat′ĭk) (er″ĭ-them′ăt-ŭs), adj. Erythema of the flank
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Erythema." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740539/1/erythema.
Erythema. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740539/1/erythema. Accessed February 22, 2025.
Erythema. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740539/1/erythema
Erythema [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740539/1/erythema.
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